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Bob Nowlan

@ranowlan.bsky.social
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Professor Emeritus, Critical Studies, U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Producer and dj host of weekly radio shows Insurgence, WHYS, Eau Claire and Left Edge Radio, KNSJ, San Diego. Live in San Diego with my husband, Andy Swanson, and our pugs Aidan and Patrick.

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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 3h
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Commentary: Is there a doctor in the House? Backlash to Trump, RFK Jr. may boost their political ranks
Anti-vaxxers and attacks on the nation's public health system have spurred hundreds of doctors and scientists to seek office. In Sacramento, congressional hopeful Richard Pan is part of that wave.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 20h
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As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones
For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their...
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 20h
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Off-duty ICE agent found sleeping on Fresno lawn is shot after assaulting man, authorities say
When officers arrived, they found David Gonzalez, 32, in handcuffs, with a gunshot wound to his midsection, according to a Fresno Police statement.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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📢 Resist & Rising: Good News for October 10, 2026
Courts protect voters and free speech, workers secure major contracts, and communities win climate protections. Good news from the resistance.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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EXCLUSIVE: Hear a New Poem From Acclaimed Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Marking three years since the beginning of Israel’s U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet writes for Zeteo: ‘A Letter of Sympathy to the President of the United States.’
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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French Students Vs. NATO
Books or Bombs?
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Melts Down Over Nobel Prize, Hegseth Faces Impeachment Calls Over Public Execution, ICE Surge Empties California Towns
A president threatening an ally over a prize, a Pentagon turning an execution into content, and the backlash building against both.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Despicable.
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US imposes new sanctions on international criminal court
Trump administration says US ‘doesn’t need’ ICC after accusing court of unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He Left Behind Millions. Who Would Get It — His Family, or the D.S.A.? Aside from the dispute over his inheritance, I appreciate and continue to refer to his books Crime and Capitalism: Readings in Marxist Criminology and Construction of Homosexuality. I hope that work will be most remembered.
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He Left Behind Millions. Who Would Get It — His Family, or the D.S.A.?
When a New York University professor died in 2024, it set off a legal dispute over a quietly accumulated fortune.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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“Abolish ICE”: Protests Erupt in NYC After ICE Agents Shoot Father with 5-Year-Old Son in Car
Protests have erupted in New York City after a federal immigration agent shot and wounded a man in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon. As masked agents reportedly posing as construction workers attempted...
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Wins Nobel Peace Prize in “Stinging Rebuke to Donald Trump”
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the South African jurist who led the United Nations commission of inquiry that concluded that Israel had committed genocide in ...
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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'Why Would You Need Courage to Speak the Truth?': Navi Pillay, Who Led UN Report on Gaza Genocide, Wins Nobel Peace Prize | Common Dreams
"Thank you so much," said the international jurist in a moment of jest. "If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump."
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Live Updates: Human Rights Lawyer Navi Pillay Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Live Updates: Human Rights Lawyer Navi Pillay Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Barrio Logan community gathers to remove racist graffiti from Chicano Park mural
The anti-Mexican graffiti is the latest in a string of similar hate-related incidents across San Diego in recent months.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Where Does Hamas Stand Three Years After October 7 – and What Comes Next?
The militant group is reckoning with a strategic disaster. Palestinian political analyst Muhammad Shehada breaks down how the group got here and what it means for the movement today.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Loses Nobel Prize He Begged For, ICE Unleashed on California, Shoots Man in New York, UN Calls Trump’s Execution Torture
Good morning, I’ll be honest with you: today’s newsletter is a heavy one.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Public executions are rare, and associated with authoritarian regimes; the media spectacle of videotaped execution is the specialty of terrorists and mass shooters.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Yesterday the Pentagon announced that it is going to live-stream the death by firing squad of Major Nidal Malik Hasan.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“But if the execution of Christa Pike were not barbaric enough, in Trump’s America there is always something to top the worst imaginable.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“But neither the heinousness of the crime, nor the mental or emotional fitness of the person who committed it, nor the depth of remorse is material. The death penalty is barbaric.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Pike was a severely abused and mentally disabled 18-year-old when she tortured and killed a classmate. She has spent most of the following 32 years repenting.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“The UN considers capital punishment a violation of fundamental human rights. Most countries, including all the EU members, have abolished it. Most of the world’s major religions oppose it. Since 2018, only 20 countries have carried it out. “
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Killing spree
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
David Bowie was a true human, you could tell he’s seething under his calm demeanor
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Tribes decry governor’s veto of two bills expanding tribal consultation, religious protections
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would’ve given tribal governments a greater voice in water projects and in preventing the destruction of sacred Indigenous religious sites on state land.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City
The person who was shot had been taken to a nearby hospital and was conscious and receiving medical attention, according to the New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the shooti...
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
'Unprecedented’: San Diego politicians blast DOJ subpoenas for local voting records inewsource.org/2026/10/08/s...
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San Diego politicians blast DOJ voter-record subpoenas
San Diego elected officials criticize Justice Department subpoenas for local voter records and call for transparency.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Trump and Hegseth Identified the Two Factors That Make Self-Coups Fail. They Have Two More Years to Ensure Neither Of The Two Stands in Their Way.
What the history books call the coup could happen in the next 27 months. This is what they’re preparing for.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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My Gaza Diary: ‘The First Thing Genocide Took From Me Was the Future Tense’
Afaf Alnajjar spent the first six months of the war in Gaza, before escaping to Egypt. Here, three years on, she tells her story.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Important: Oval Office Meeting on Seizing Ballots as Lawyer Discusses ‘Civil War,’ Major Trump Ambassador Scandal, and Iran Strikes
Good morning, A convicted election denier sat in the Oval Office this week to talk about “plans” for the midterms.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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San Diego County voters get mixed messages about voting by mail
San Diego activists are urging voters to use ballot drop boxes, while California officials and election experts say voting by mail is safe.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Amazon Crime
And Other Tales of Billionaire Lying from the Data Center Wars
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Israeli Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on Oct. 7, Decries Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
Israelis and Palestinians are marking three years since October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. Nearly 1,200 Israelis were killed, and around 250 were taken hostage. It was t...
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Cable Street’s historical lessons are we must unite today's struggles into one
THIS weekend, thousands will march in London’s East End commemorating the victory over Oswald Mosley’s fascists at the Battle of Cable Street 90 years ago.This is no mere memorial. The far right is ag...
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br00t4c @br00t4c.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
San Diego Marine Blasts Trump, GOES VIRAL! youtube.com/shorts/QWDN4...
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San Diego MARINE Blasts Trump, GOES VIRAL!🚨🚨🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“This is a man suggesting that the deaths of potentially tens of millions of people are an acceptable cost. These are the words of a psychopath, someone so detached from his own humanity and everyone else’s that mass death registers as merely inconvenient.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“But here’s what matters: most people cannot stand Donald Trump. And a vote for any Republican is not just a vote for him. It’s a vote for his continued impunity. It’s a vote for making that horrible man’s life miserable. And right now, with the way things are going, that should be reason enough.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Those imaginary supporters who constantly call him “sir” and apparently always have tears streaming down their faces. It’s the delusion of a man so isolated within his own echo chamber that he can’t distinguish between reality and the stories he tells himself.”
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Toddler Logic, Nuclear Consequences
What Donald's Willingness to Sacrifice Cities Really Means
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Certainly the complete opposite of what a nation’s leader should be, inviting another nation ‘to take out’ one of your own major cities and declaring it wouldn’t matter. Is treasonous, by definition. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/10/05/t...
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In Nebraska speech, Trump says Iran can ‘take out a city,’ mentions Los Angeles and San Diego
“Let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego,” Trump said.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You sure have to be full of racist hate to disrupt an engagement proposal like that. And a great many Latino Americans ‘have been here’ in the US far longer than many Anglo/Atlantic Americans. But it would be so much better if this was a truly welcoming nation ‘with liberty and justice for all’.
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'Go back to Mexico!' Woman's racist rant disrupting Laguna Beach proposal goes viral
A video has gone viral of a woman in Laguna Beach disrupting a couple's romantic engagement in a public park, yelling, "This isn't Mexico. ... Go back to Mexico!"
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The city of San Diego currently owns 505 ALPR cameras. Here’s which neighborhoods have the most.
Out of all 52 San Diego communities, Southeastern San Diego has the most ALPRs, and Downtown has the highest density.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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El Niño emergency brings tenant protections | The Group Chat
San Diego County has declared a local emergency to prepare for the potentially historic impacts of El Niño, which is expected to bring heavy rain and
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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For now, CA covers immigrants affected by federal Medicaid cuts | The Group Chat
Refugees and other legal immigrants in San Diego have a temporary cushion against federal Medicaid cuts that took effect Thursday, Oct. 1, which will
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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What bills did Gavin Newsom sign into law — or veto — in his final year leading California?
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed hundreds of bills in his final year leading the state. They include new laws on voting, immigration, data centers and insurance.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Julian Wolf Center is expanding care for wolves at a time when federal protections seem uncertain
The California Wolf Center plans to open a conservation and education center at a new property along Highway 79.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill
Many immigrants without green cards will no longer be eligible for the health insurance program for low-income people.
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Bob Nowlan @ranowlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/09/30/s...
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San Diego sued over police use of automated license plate readers
The lawsuit alleges the city’s 500 cameras, provided by Flock, amount to an invasion of privacy under the state constitution.
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